Crop report shows southeast lagging behind rest of province due to recent moisture

Producers have been hard at work in the southeast trying to get seeds in the ground even as the ground is still filled with moisture.

Spring seeding normally starts up near the beginning of May, but for many in the southeast, the current conditions mean they may have only started this week.

That puts them far behind other farmers in the province, with the western areas pulling ahead.

Ministry of Agriculture Crop Extension Specialist Mackenzie Hladun says that the average for the entire province is also below normal.

"Producers have made fantastic progress this past week with seeding. So now the province is sitting at 38 per cent completed seating in the province overall, this is up 29 per cent compared to last week. Our 38 per cent completed seeding is a little bit behind the five-year average of 53 per cent, but it's pretty close to our 10-year average of 44 per cent.